“What a good thing is a gift before a need” — al-Daraqutni cited twenty texts for it in one session, but the hadith was weakened.

The questioner : When speaking about al-Daraqutni (may Allah have mercy on him), he cited a report and said: it is authentic. And this report, he said, came with twenty texts, or more than twenty texts, in one session: .

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : But this hadith is weakened, O Shaykh. Given that... does not the abundance of these texts and these chains... does not this indicate that it has a basis, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Without the presence of the chains of narration?

The questioner : No, from such chains of narration, twenty texts with their chains.

The Shaykh : I say this: without the researcher studying these chains, if we assume, for example, the following scenario: does every chain, which is free of a liar or a fabricator, reach the level of authenticity?
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